Stay-piece and guard for wire fences



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STAY PIEUE kAND GUARD FOR WIRE FENGES.

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STAY PIECE AND GURB FDR WIRE FENCBS.

` No. 356,711. Patented Jan. 25,1887.

SYLVESTER F. DUNCAN,

ATsNT Tirionm or CHICAGO, ILLrNors.

STAY-PIECE AND GUARD FOR WERE FENCES.

SPECIFICATION forming part o Letters Patent No. 356,711, dated January 25. 1887.

Application led August 5,

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, SYLvnsrnR F. DUNCAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ghieago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful improvements in Stay-Pieces and Guards for W'ire Fences, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its objects to con struct a stay-piece and guard of light material which can be readily applied to the runners of a wire fence, and which, when applied, will add to the strength of the fence and maintain the runners in proper relations one with the other, and at the saine time give all of the flexibility required for the fence as a whole; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation showing the invention applied to aplaiu wire; Fig. 2, an elevation showing the invention applied to a barbed wire; Figs. 3 and 4, details, being views of opposite sides of the stay-piece and guard in one form of construction; Figs. 5 and 6, similar views showing another forni of construction; Figs. 7, 8, and 15, similar views showing another form of construction; Fig. 9, a detail showing a wrap for the stay-piece wire wound around the runner; Fig. 10, a detail showing a modification in the wrap of the stay-piece wire around the runner; Figs. 11 and l2, similar views to Figs. 8 and 4, showing a cord of twisted wire; Figs. 13 and 14, views showing the stay-piece and guard formed ready for attachment to the runner, the figures showing, respectively, different modifications inthe construction. Figs. 16, 17, 18, 19, and 2O are modified forms of applying the invention.

In said drawings, A designates a strip oi' thin inet-al, of sufcient length to span the space'between two runners of a wire fence and have each end overlap and pass around each runner. -This strip may be of any desired width, and is to be provided with a hole or holes or eyes, o', at each end for the passage of the enacting cord, which combines with the metal strip to make a completek stay and guard.

B is the cord, which may be arranged in relation to the niet-al strip in varionsshapes.

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(No niodeLl As shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, two wires are used to forni the oord, the wires being at soule distance apart and each wire passing through holes a at opposite ends of the metal strip, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and each wire is of a length suicient to extend from runner to runner and leave an end to be wound around the runner.

As shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the cord is formed of two wires lying side by side, the wires passing through a hole, a', at each end of the strip A, and being of sufficient length to run from runner to runner and for the ends to wind around the runners.

As shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the cord is formed of a single wire, located centrally crosswiseof the strip and passing through holes a at each end of the strip and of suticient length to have the ends extend to and be wound around the runners.

As shown in Figs. 11 and l2, the cord is formed of two wires, twisted together for that portion which lies adjacent to the metal strip, the wire passing through holes u' at each end of the strip, and the two strands, after passing through the hole, being divided and the ends carried to and wrapped around the runners; and it is evident that other modifications in the combining oi' the thin metal strip and the cord could be used without departing from the essential feature of the invention, which is the production of a stay and guard from a cornbined metal strip and cord.

As shown in Fig. 16, the cords are crossed and passed through eyes a in the strip, by cutting lips from the edges ofthe strip and turning them over to form eyes and winding the wires around the runners C.

As shown in Fig. 17, the cords B are crossed and passed through eyes a', formed by wrap.- ping a piece of wire around the strip, as shown.

As shown in Fig. 18, the cords Bare twisted, as shown, and then wound around the runners.

As shown in Fig. 19, a single cord is used, it being passed around the runners at opposite ends of the strip, then across itself and the strip, then around the runners, and then secured to itself.

As shown in Fig. 20, two cords are used, which are twisted together and passed through holes or eyes o', formed by strips of metal ICG passed around opposite ends of the strips A and then secured to the runners by wrapping around the same.

C are the runners for the wire fence, which may be of plain wire, as shown in Fig. l, or of wire having barbs D thereon, as shown in Fig. 2. The end of the cord may be wound around the runner in a single coil, as shown in Fig. 9, or the connection may be, as shown in Fig. 10, by Winding the end around the wire itself as well as the runner, or such connection may be of any form that will secure the cord firmly to the runners.

The strips and wire are to be combined one with the other, in any of the forms shown, and

left in that forni to be applied to the runners,

and such stay-pieces and guards can be sent to the parties using them to be applied by the users to fences already erected, and their construction wheu ready for use is represented in Figs. 13 and 14.

The device is applied tothe runners by lap ping the ends c around the runners C, as shown in the drawings. the thin metal strips being of sufficient length to have the ends overlap and lie upon the body of the strip inproximity to the runners, and the cord is secured in place by drawing the end or ends of the wire across the end of the metal strip where it passes over the runner and then winding the end b around the runner, and by drawing the end or ends of the wires across the end of the strip a, which passes around the runners and on thelap side of the strip, such cord is not only attached to the runners, but the cross end forms a fastening for holding the lap end of the strip in place and securing,r such strip to the runner, so that it cannot be detached therefrom without unwinding the cord and loosening the saine or breaking the strip.

This construction of stay-piece and guard enables a thin metal strip to be used without destroying its flexibility, as the strip and cord coact to produce the strength required, and at the same time the two are independent of each other, leaving each piece free to adapt itself to the give required without impairing the strength. Each part forming the strip preserves its own flexibility, and at the same time the device has the combined strength of the metal strip and the wire cord, so that the device as a whole can be readily and quickly applied to the runners of the fence, and in use will preserve their strength and coact one with the other to resist strain and keep'the fence taut and in proper condition.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isl. As an improved article of manufacture, a stay-piece composed of aflat flexible strip of metal and a flexible parallel wire cord adapted to be connected with said strip, substantially as described, and to lock each other in position on fence-wires, substantially asspecied.

2. The combination of the main wires or runners C with the flexible strips A, sepa rately attached thereto, and wire or wires B, con neeted with said strips, substantially as described, and attached to the main wires at the sides of the strips and locking the parts in position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SYLVESTER F. DUNCAN.

Vitnesses:

O. XV. BOND, ALBERT H. ADAMS. 

